A six-timer by Andrae Mitchell carried Super Action Youth Club (SAYC) to an easy 9-1 mauling of eight-man Vineyard Youth Club at Mountainside field in two crucial games in the 2010-2011 St Elizabeth Wray and Nephew Major League

on Tuesday.

In the other game, former champions Tafari Lion suffered their second straight defeat in less than a week after they were beaten 2-1 by Appleton Estates. They were beaten by the same margin last Thursday by the Kurt Brooks Super Action team.

Mitchell, who now leads the goal-scoring standing from just one game, struck in the sixth, 28th, 31st, 33rd, 56th and 73rd minutes. Derrick Thomas 17th, Richard Malcolm 51st and Oraine Rhoden in the 89th minutes got the others for the Burnt Savannah-based team. Elton Ricketts got the lone goal in the 42nd minute for Vineyard.

The victory pushed them on ten points with previous leaders Mountainside, but with a better goal average to top the league going into the Christmas break.

At Lacovia where the Lion, who have suffered setbacks with some players not reporting for matches, were trailing early in the first half after former STETHS player Kino Smith made it 1-0.

Appleton, who are coached by STETHS’ Andrew Edwards, dominated the game from the start and midway the first half, Smith, a bit overweight, got his after running in the right position to make it 2-0.

However, in the second half, the Vinceroy Blake-coached team came out with a plan, but could not manage to pull one back. The competition will resume on Sunday, January 2, with three games.